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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The book was okay. Slow start. Nothing much happened until like 50-60% of the book. The problem was really dragged out and when the climax happened, it was anti-climactic. What i liked was the slow-burn romance. VERY slow-burn. However, I felt somewhat detached from the couple.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book is all tell, no show.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Child death, Pregnancy
I love a good beauty and the beast retelling but this one left me wanting.. I was hoping for more from this book. It ended up striking me as very cliche and redundant to the Hades and persephone myth/other enemies to lovers books I've read and relied heavily on "they fall in love at the end so it's fine and not abuse" ... Which I dislike and find moderately lazy. Parts I did enjoy but overall I left disappointed.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent
I went into this one blindly and pleasantly surprised by how much I really liked it.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Real score: 3.85. Look, I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. I’m going to be super controversial here: I’m not a great fan of Romantasy. I said it. I feel better already. I get weary of flawed alphas with big assets who win over flawed, self-depreciating but secretly gorgeous, stoic gals. I know. Call me cynical. There seemed to be a big chunk of world building missing from this. Maybe I’m lacking in my mythology knowledge. I think I would have enjoyed more insight into why everything was the way it was without the need to go searching for it. But overall, this wasn’t too bad and I’ll likely continue the series, although I’m not sure we can like the West Wind from here - and in that, maybe, lies the intrigue.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes